Liquid Cooled Build

[Guest]

Ok, now I know there is a place on here that explains water cooling and I already read it, but still I'm confused. Anyway I have a maximus vi formula and a gtx780 posideon. Could you guys put together parts for me like the pump, tubes, etc. All I want is to use the crosschill on my mobo and for the system to be quiet. Also red. If you help I will love you.

[airdeano]

Ok, now I know there is a place on here that explains water cooling and I already read it, but still I'm confused. Anyway I have a maximus vi formula and a gtx780 posideon. Could you guys put together parts for me like the pump, tubes, etc. All I want is to use the crosschill on my mobo and for the system to be quiet. Also red. If you help I will love you.

 

doing all this on the R4?

 

Alphacool XT45 240 in the roof, Alphacool UT60 280 in the front panel. pick your fave

120/140 fan (the quiet part)

to keep it simple, XSPC D5 bayres, red tubing and distilled water with a kill coil.

 

would have preferred a normal GTX780, arc midi case, and Hero mobo for 1st

h2o build.

the mobo cooling is for monster voltage overclocking for CPU/RAM and kinda

pa-say with more failure points, tougher tube routing, and deffo not a first time

water cooling adventure.

[Guest]

doing all this on the R4?

 

Alphacool XT45 240 in the roof, Alphacool UT60 280 in the front panel. pick your fave

120/140 fan (the quiet part)

to keep it simple, XSPC D5 bayres, red tubing and distilled water with a kill coil.

 

would have preferred a normal GTX780, arc midi case, and Hero mobo for 1st

h2o build.

the mobo cooling is for monster voltage overclocking for CPU/RAM and kinda

pa-say with more failure points, tougher tube routing, and deffo not a first time

water cooling adventure.

why would you prefer a regular 780, thats what I actually have. Also it would be in a different case. Could you recommend a couple cases or a case you like?

[airdeano]

why would you prefer a regular 780, thats what I actually have. Also it would be in a different case. Could you recommend a couple cases or a case you like?

 

it has a decent air cooler now (reference i presume) and will work till you get a

CPU loop built, understood on why and can trouble shoot issues before slapping

$100USD+ block on a $500 GPU. keep it simple, first.

 

the R4 is a silence case, meaning the front intake is muffled and insulated; which

restricts the inlet air (radiators need air). the arc midi has a more open element

to promote better cooling. the silence thing with the door is not water cooling

friendly. it has been done, but not to its best ability. same size/platform just no

door. silence is the loudest hardware device you have. not the case it is in.

[Guest]

it has a decent air cooler now (reference i presume) and will work till you get a

CPU loop built, understood on why and can trouble shoot issues before slapping

$100USD+ block on a $500 GPU. keep it simple, first.

 

the R4 is a silence case, meaning the front intake is muffled and insulated; which

restricts the inlet air (radiators need air). the arc midi has a more open element

to promote better cooling. the silence thing with the door is not water cooling

friendly. it has been done, but not to its best ability. same size/platform just no

door. silence is the loudest hardware device you have. not the case it is in.

So I can build a CPU loop and just add the GPU part later?

[airdeano]

So I can build a CPU loop and just add the GPU part later?

 

would be a better experience than shoving $750 of water cooling hardware

just to find out you might be no better than what you have now.

 

simps CPU loop with an Alphacool XT45 in the roof, bayres w/D5 pump, tubing

of choice and fave fans, done and cooling.

[VSG]

Please don't take the risk of using the stock water block on the motherboard. It may be anodized but EK made a copper block for the MOSFET and SB for a reason- a small scratch and bare aluminum is exposed to the coolant. If you then have copper/brass/nickel elsewhere in contact with the coolant then you will likely have galvanic corrosion.